Mac vs Windows recent experiences

[HDNitehawk]

The new Macbook Pro replaces the wife's 2009 13" Macbook Pro. My experience with it is similar to Joel's and Neuro's. It still handled the 5Ds R ,albeit slowly, and I would have stuck with it except the hard drive is just too small.

Lumens, I believe you are right it does matter who makes the machine. The laptop I have from ASUS is an ROG and built for gaming, it has a quality video card and I think that helps. It was a pain working with 10 at first but once I figured out how to get back to a more conventional desktop screen I have to say I have had not problems.

Kayaker, when you buy your new 5D IV or 5Ds R you will regret getting a surface pro with just 256gb.


Two of the problems with the new Mac that were bugging me last night:
Occasionally when reviewing files in Adobe Bridge, the delete button would just completely stop working. I would have to shut the program and restart.
If I open Google Earth and minimize the pointer will not recognize the icon on the taskbar and will not open it.
I may take it back to the apple store and see if they can reload the operating system.

[Kayaker72]

Kayaker, when you buy your new 5D IV or 5Ds R you will regret getting a surface pro with just 256gb.

That is the debate. I read a couple of reviews of people with D810s that were happy with the 256 GB. Maybe I'll jump to the 500 GB. But I do travel with a 2 TB hardrive. Also, this is not meant to be my main processing machine. That is my desktop at home. I will likely be upgrading my monitor at some point to that as well.

I want something for travel. My company is security conscience and I have to work through an IT admin to install software on my company laptop. I just heard back from them and they'll install Lightroom for me, but no updates. Plus that machine is i5/128 GB/4 GB/32 bit. I am thinking that might get frustrating for photo processing.


Overall, I think the lack of debate is because both windows and apple are working well. Perhaps, as is mentioned above, the issues are no longer Windows vs Mac, but rather specific machines.

[HDNitehawk]

That is the debate. I read a couple of reviews of people with D810s that were happy with the 256 GB. Maybe I'll jump to the 500 GB. But I do travel with a 2 TB hardrive. Also, this is not meant to be my main processing machine. That is my desktop at home. I will likely be upgrading my monitor at some point to that as well.

I didn't need the extra hard drive on the last trip, but with 9 days of shooting ,with the 5Ds R for five days and the 1D IV for 4, of 512gb I had 50gb of space left when I got home. For the last few years I have been traveling with the external, but it is nice to have all the pictures on one machine so you can easily edit while sitting at the airport, on the plane or wherever. You can do it with the external to, but IMO it makes it just a bit more cumbersome.